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BBEC
International Conference 2004
First Announcement
Call for Papers
Biodiversity
Conservation: Now or Never
March
2004
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Malaysia
Introduction:
The issue
of biodiversity and its conservation have been a hot topics among practitioners,
managers and researchers. Many new approaches, methodologies and programmes
have been introduced or developed in such a way to make conservation of
biodiversity a real success.
Have efforts
really been accepted by all sectors of community? What are the benefits?
Has biodiversity conservation being practised in many countries and how
effective has it been?
One basic
question that we have in mind for this conference is about what biodiversity
mean to conservation. To provide answers to such questions, BBEC Programme
is organising its second international conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
next year.
The main
theme for this conference is "Biodiversity Conservation: Now or
Never."
Objectives:
This conference provides an opportunity for conservation practitioners,
managers, researchers of the world, especially from other South East Asian
countries to highlight their biodiversity conservation efforts in relation
to conservation in Borneo.
Scope:
The conference will be discussing nature conservation on several aspects
of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity ecosystems. This include research
on ecology, social and applied science, public awareness and management.
Programme
Schedule
The conference is scheduled for two and a half days. There will be two
main concurrent sessions with sub themes;
Session I: "Can Understanding of Biodiversity Change Human Behaviour
for the Conservation?", and
Session II: "Can We Integrate People in Biodiversity Conservation".
Contribution papers will be presented in this sessions.
The Conference
will feature:
- Keynote
Speech by Invited Speakers
- Contribution
Papers
- Exhibitions
and Posters presentation
- Pre and
Post Conference Trips
Call
for Papers
The Organiser welcomes papers contribution from any related individuals
or institution. Presentation will be accepted on the basis of abstract
of 500-600 words and should be submitted before September 2003 either
by faxing or online submission form or email.
Sponsorship:
Selected papers* from South East Asian authors may get sponsorship from
the Organiser (BBEC-JICA) to come to Kota Kinabalu to present their paper.
Authors will be notified of the selection of their contribution by 25th
September 2003. Authors whose abstract have been accepted will receive
further instruction for the preparation of their final paper which is
due on 15 January 2004.
* Limited to first ten selected papers; prior to the Committee's decision.
Please kindly
distribute this announcement among your colleagues who may be interested
in "biodiversity conservation".
Calender
of Events
| Abstract deadline |
10 September 2003 |
| Notification to authors |
30th September 2003 |
| Full paper due (electronic version) |
December 2003 |
| Conference |
March 2004 |
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Conference
Management Committee
| Patron |
Y.B. Datuk K.Y. Mustafa (Sabah State Secretary) |
| Advisor |
Tan Sri Prof. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Abu Hassan Othman
(Vice Chancellor UMS) |
| Chairpersons |
Prof. Datin Dr. Maryati Mohamed (ITBC Director) |
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Mr. Takahisa Kusano (JICA-BBEC Chief Advisor) |
Organising
Committee
| Datuk Lamri Ali |
Director, Sabah Parks |
| Mr. Mahedi Andau |
Director, Sabah Wildlife Department |
| Prof. Datin Dr. Maryati Mohamed |
Director, ITBC, UMS |
| Mr. Moktar Yassin Ajam |
Director, Science and Technology Unit |
| Dr. Jamili Nais |
Assistant Director, Sabah Parks |
| Mr. Laurentius Ambu |
Deputy Director, Sabah Wildlife Department |
| Mr. Soffian Abu Bakar |
Senior Officer, Sabah Wildlife Department |
| Ms. Fatimah Jaafar |
Senior Officer, Science and Technology Unit |
Conference
Secretariat
| Kertijah Abd. Kadir |
JICA-BBEC |
| Fatimah Jaafar |
Science and Technology Unit |
| Fatimah Simin |
Sabah Parks |
| Arman Hadi Mohamad |
Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, UMS |
| Xenia Surinday Stimol |
Sabah Wildlife Department |
Any enquiries
can be submitted to the Conference Secretariat at:
Ms. Kertijah
Abd. Kadir
BBEC IC 2004
Science and Technology Unit
7th Floor, Block B, Wisma MUIS
88100 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel: +60 088 240430
Fax: +60 088 249410
E-mail: bbecic_2004@hotmail.com
Kertijah.AbdKadir@sabah.gov.my
Website: www.bbec.sabah.gov.my
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